Word: senseless
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...When incidents like this occur, the natural response is, 'Winthrop students could not have stooped so low as to inflict such senseless, deep pain on fellow students,'" he said...
...explanation that allows the bereaved a certainty and solace in the face of a horrible riddle. And faced with the same endless series of senseless bloodlettings, even more secular precincts of America have been giving such claims a respectful hearing. After the shootings a moist-eyed George W. Bush said, "There seems to be a wave of evil passing through America." Today show's Katie Couric, interviewing Wedgwood's pastor, Al Meredith, listened as he offered the standard explanation for the crime: the killer was "deranged and deluded." Then, almost hesitantly, the pastor noted, "There's some possible theological, religious...
...guns should be equipped with safeties. The most senseless deaths are those of children playing with guns and accidentally killing themselves or their friends. The use of "smart gun" technology, which prevents anyone but the owner from firing a gun, should be mandated as soon as is technically feasible...
...Mean" Josie Greene After beating the new Browns senseless last Sunday, the Steelers will slide past the erstwhile Browns in a much closer game. Kordell will actually get a run for his money this week, but look for him to hold on tight for a 2-0 record. RAVENS QB Scott Mitchell is not playing well at all, and if the Steelers can ignite just a little spark in their defense, they should be just fine and pull...
...surprising that the Republican presidential hopeful would want to end the story there, with his release from a Vietnamese POW camp after 5 1/2 years of captivity. His Vietnam saga is, to say the least, riveting: try to imagine being strung up by your broken arms, beaten senseless by your captors and, then, when they offer you the chance to go home, saying no because it would be dishonorable to leave ahead of those captured before you. Despite a 17-year career in Congress, during which he has championed issues such as campaign-finance reform, McCain's defining life experience...